(Fiction, 252 pp. 2005)
Covering over 60 years and taking the reader from Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe to present day Brighton Beach, this haunting novel deals with issues of loneliness and the need to fill a void left by lost love.
- Discussion questions
- Review: Kirkus
- Review by David Mogolov, JBooks.com
- Review by Laura Miller, New York Times, May 1, 2005
- Review by Janet Maslin, New York Times, April 25, 2005
- Review by Natasha Walter, The Guardian, May 21, 2005
- “The History of Love” (includes plot summary) from Wikipedia
- “Isaak Babel” from Wikipedia
- “The Street of Crocodiles” from Wikipedia
- “Miguel de Cervantes” from Wikipedia
- “Antoine de Saint-Exupery” from Wikipedia
- Profile by Boris Kachka, New York, May 21, 2005
- Profile Rachel Aviv, Village Voice, April 25, 2005
- Interview (1 min.)
